Groupon: The Movie Tackles Daily Deals Obsession

This, and other questions will be thoughtfully explored in Groupon: The Movie, a film whose parody trailer has just been released by female-centric comedy group Comediva. The trailer for the (fake) film references other new-classic films with "American Dream" motifs like Requiem for a Dream and American Beauty.

The trailer focuses partly on Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, who comes off as more Scarface than anything else. Although Groupon: The Movie promises to be a film about the life and times of an internet CEO, the folks at Comediva point out that the story of Groupon is not like The Social Network:

“The story of Groupon is hardly The Social Network,” said "Groupon" co-writer/director and Comediva Production V.P. Emily McGregor. “Go watch some interviews with Andrew Mason -- he seems like a pretty nice guy. We thought it would be funny to take that character to the other extreme.”

Like Requiem, the story follow multiple characters - including the girl who cant stop getting spa treatments at half off - with devastating consequences

"Many of us at Comediva are recovering Groupon addicts, so we wanted to take a comedic magnifying glass to what makes Groupon addicts tick," said co-writer and Comediva Editorial V.P. Linda Yvette Chávez. “We also played on the idea that Groupon feeds us a false sense of the American Dream. Yes, we're in a recession, but if we purchase a sunset cruise at fifty percent off that's okay, right?"